techie computer question in here

[Guru]

 

[Draco]

My favourite tools of the trade

#1: System Mechanic from iolo systems (www***lo.com)
A great bunch of file utilities and registry tools, in an easy to use (user-friendly) package.

#2: Vopt Millenium from Golden Bow Systems (www.goldenbow.com)
The fastest defragger you have ever seen, a forty gig HDD in about two minutes. plus it has a lot of file deleting tools, cookie cleaners, temp int file killers, etc etc.

#3: HDScan (I cant recall where this one came from ~ I found it on a APC magazine CD) It's a version of scan disk, that will work on Win2000 (coz it doesn't have it) It will do Fat, Fat32, & NTFS drives, quickly and its also user friendly.

#4: Go-Back. Need I say more? If you kill, just roll it back and you're away agin.

#5: Partiton Magic Pro 7. (www.powerquest.com)
Not to be fooled with, known to kill hdd's stone dead in seconds if done wrong. But if you follow the Wizards, and read the help files, partitoning is simple, straight forward and safe with no data loss.

Now WHO said PC's cant be fun....?

Draco

 

[Dragonette]

Thanks Draco

Yep, I use System Mechanic, it's good and easy to use

And never format, last choice always

Buy a magazine, PC User or APC (for those in Australia)
But most have a CD with IE on it.


Just be careful of trial versions, some are good but a pain to unistal.

I tried Zone Alarm, good, but I had great fun trying to get rid of it when the 30 day trial ran out! It's own unistal still left things that created havoc.

Who knows of a good free firwall for Win98?

Nive avi Guru!

 

[freakygirl]

Freaky, you didn't recommend Me on this occasion, I'm gutted, (removing your name from my xmas list....JK

Duh.. I'm trying to talk her into giving me her computer for free...

If I point her in the direction of having it fixed.. I'll never get it.

Now dammit. Stop telling her how to fix it

Actually.. I knew you'd be along soon enough to help her out. I tried talking her through it before.. and I'm to dumb to help. So I gave up. She knows not to listen to me when I say "reformat" (or atleast I hope she does).

Now tell her it's worthless and she needs a new computer. So I can have hers (it's full of Licky Ta-Ta pics.. and that is what I'm after)

 

[Draco]

Now tell her it's worthless and she needs a new computer. So I can have hers (it's full of Licky Ta-Ta pics.. and that is what I'm after)

Only if you share those pics....LOL

Licky, that PC of yours is shot, knackered, fucked even. You need to pitch it Freaky's way...ya hear me..??

(OK Freaky, you can stop twisting my arm up my back now...ooowww)

Dragonette, try BlackIce Defender, but get the earlier version (2.9). The later one contains another application that tries to stop you modifying any files, it complains most bitterly when you try to add or delete anything from your system.

I always figured that ZoneAlarm was "free for homeusers", well, the versions I have used (2.6) have been.

 

[Dragonette]

LOL

Only if you share those pics....LOL

Licky, that PC of yours is shot, knackered, fucked even. You need to pitch it Freaky's way...ya hear me..??

(OK Freaky, you can stop twisting my arm up my back now...ooowww)

Dragonette, try BlackIce Defender, but get the earlier version (2.9). The later one contains another application that tries to stop you modifying any files, it complains most bitterly when you try to add or delete anything from your system.

I always figured that ZoneAlarm was "free for homeusers", well, the versions I have used (2.6) have been. [/QUOTE

Yeak freaky, we knew what you were up to, but others that give our wrong advice, they are annoying and dangerous people!

Yep, thats why I tried ZoneAlarm, said it was free for home users, said that in the magazine also, but mine wasn't!

For the others ZDnet and Tucows are good download sites
This is Draco's #4
http://downloads-zdnet.com.com

GoBack Deluxe 3.0

GoBack 3 Deluxe delivers quick and easy system recovery, providing comprehensive protection to Windows PCs. It gives you the power to immediately restore healthy system configurations, and lost or damaged data on your own in seconds. GoBack protects you from system crashes, virus damage, failed software installations, and user error by letting you easily restore files from previous, working configurations.
This version adds Windows XP support and other performance enhancements.


Publisher: Roxio
Date added: September 4, 2001
File size: 7.8MB;
License: Free to try; $39.95 to buy
Uninstaller included?: Yes